Return-Path: Received: from [207.177.40.102] (HELO ispn02.iowatelecom.net) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.1) with ESMTP id 2510377 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Sun, 03 Aug 2003 15:33:51 -0400 Received: from bush2u ([216.248.126.29]) by ispn02.iowatelecom.net (8.12.9/8.12.9) with SMTP id h73JauFt012741 for ; Sun, 3 Aug 2003 14:36:56 -0500 Message-ID: <004101c35a06$db5b4040$1d7ef8d8@bush2u> From: "wadebush" To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" References: Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Oshkosh report Date: Sun, 3 Aug 2003 14:33:17 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.3018.1300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.3018.1300 Concerning the EAA The ultimate response to this issue is to simply not attend Air Venture and look at it as a fund raiser instead of an experimental fly-in. The next response is to organize an alternative location like that of SERFI. The last response is to think of the EAA as a home builders and experimental legal defense fund / advocate for us to the FAA (OK, I'm stretching here). Perspective is everything in this. Maybe one day a small child or new aviation enthusiast or even the EAA will look around and ask "Where are the Experimenters"? Maybe then the EAA will wake up and see. Of course that day might not be to far away after all the big commercial tents and stands take completely over and people find it can cost just as much as a certified factory as it does for a Homebuilt without the knowledge and input from our pioneers. Of if someone asks "Are any of these owned by ordinary income people like me"? Thats why they call us Experimental (with stress on the mental of course). Putting aviation within the reach of more Americans is what we are really about though it may not necessarily be the sole (or any) focus of the EAA. Still a member, Wade